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Show Case.

No. 240,716. Patented April 26, 1881..

WITNESSES //VVE/V TOR.

NITED' STATES 1 PATENT I OFFICE;

WILLIAM F. HOLSKE, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM MILLS 86 SON,

OF NEW YORKflN. Y.

SH OW-CAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,716, dated April 26, 1881.

Application filed December 9, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. HoLsKE, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Show-Gases, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention pertains to that class of showcases specially designed for holding papers of needles ready for sale; and the invention consists, first, in combining, with a show-case for needles in papers, in which rectangular cells or compartments are made for the papers corresponding to the size of the needles, yielding bottoms to the said cells mounted upon helical 1 springs of wire of a double-conical form, so that said bottoms may be supported upon the springs and be depressed to the smallest possible space for the reception of the papers, as will hereinafter appear; and, second, the invention also consists in combining, with the receptacles of a needle-paper show-case, open covers or shields of sheet metal that project over three sides of each receptacle, between which and the yielding bottom the papers of 2 5 needles are clamped and held in position at the top of the cell or receptacle, as will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the show-case, showing three rows of cells or com- 0 partments for the different kinds of needles "and their various sizes. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the case. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show detailed views of the open covers or shields on the cells.

3 5 At A is represented the case, which is a rectangular box of wood, formed with the requisite number of cells or compartments, as at B, which are mortises. formed in the face of the wood that forms the bottom, or, in fact, the body of the box or case, and they correspond in size to the various sizes of the papers of needles. In the center of each cell there is placed in a slightrecessin the bottom a doubleconical wire spring, as at O, upon the upper 4 5 end of which there is'fastened a plate of metal, as at D, which is made the exact size of the cell, or so that it may be depressed into the cell as the papers are pressed upon it. Said plates D are turned down at one end, as at D, (shown in the section at Figs. 2 and 4,) to

the depth of a thickness of one paper of needles, so that when there is no package above them they will be retained in their cells or be prevented from working out endwise in drawing out the last paper of needles. Over said cells are placed open covers or shields, as at E, three sides of which extend over the cells to a sufficient extent to hold the papers of needles down upon the plates D on the springs G, and said covers areformed with hooks at their rear end, as shown at F, to hook into recesses in the wood, as best seen at Fig. 2, and which will hold their rear ends firmly upon or over the faces of the cells and plates D. Their front ends may be held down in any convenient manner, as by a clasp, as shown at G, Fig. 2, which hooks over the end of the cover, or, preferably, by a hook or projection,

as at H, Fig. 3, which is merely a piece of the metal cover turned down and outward from the opening to engage in a kerf in the wood,

as at K, in Fig. 3, and which may be released by compressing the ends of the cover and lifting it out of" the kerf.

Whenever the case is to be filled or any of the cells, the covers are removed either by oilhooking the clasps, if they be used, or by compressing the ends of the covers to free the catch in the wood, and then the papers are laid upon the plates D and forced down until the cells are filled, or as many papers as desired are inserted; then the covers or shields are placed in positionover them and fastened in front, and whenever a paper is desired itis drawn from the top, and the springs keep the rest of the papers constantly pressed up until the last one is withdrawn.

The, advantages of the plates D upon the conical springs are, first, that such a spring requires less room in the cell than a plain 9o spring, and the ends of the plates being turned down serve as guides to the plates to keep them in proper position.

The covers by this arrangement are very readily made, and are quite easily removed and 5 replaced,.and are not liable to be displaced or come loose, as when arranged to slide under screw-heads, as has been done.

I therefore claim 1. The combination, in a show-case for pa- 10o pers of needles having cells or compartments,

- with the yielding spring-bottom B, of the shield or guard E, constructed at its rear end with inclined hooks F, fitting into the ease, and

5 catches, substantially as described, at its front,

whereby the shield may be entirely removed from the case, for the purposes specified.

2. The shields E, constructed with inclined hooks F at their rear ends, adapted to fit into 10 holes in the case, and flanges or hooks H, fitting into grooves K in the front edge of the cells of the case, substantially as shown and described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and seal in the presence of 15 two subscribing witnesses.

WM. F. HOLSKE. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

EUGENE N. ELIOT, RICHARD J. CARTER. 

